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Oscars: Thailand Selects 'How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies'

Oscars: Thailand Selects 'How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies'

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The National Federation of Thai Film Associations (MPC) has selected How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies as Thailand's entry for the Oscars in the Best International Feature Film category.

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The film was directed by Pat Boonnitipat and became a box office hit across Asia, currently grossing $50 million worldwide.

Outside of Thailand, How To Make Millions Before Grandma Dies became the highest-grossing Thai film of all time in Singapore and Malaysia. In Indonesia, the film opened at over 3.5 million admissions, surpassing Korean horror film Exhuma (2.6 million admissions) to become the highest-grossing Asian film of all time in the country. Netflix later bought the film's streaming rights for Southeast Asia.

Produced by Thai film studio GDH, the film follows a young man, M, who moves in with him to care for his terminally ill grandmother in an attempt to win her inheritance. M is played by top singer-actor Putthipong Assaratanakul (aka Billkin).